News tagged: CrowdFunding

The popular maker of speakers and headphones has now introduced a new product called Bose Sleepbuds. The newest Bose headphones allegedly help to "put an end to sleepless nights" by canceling out barks, snores and other irritating noises while you sleep.

Earlier this month, we talked about Chuwi's new project called CoreBook. The company said that the larger 13.3-inch detachable will go on Indiegogo later this month, and as promised the tablet is now online. It is available for pre-order through a crowdfunding campaign at

The Tor Project, a charity that builds and maintains the Tor anonymity network, is holding its annual end-of-year crowdfunding campaign and it's receiving some assistance from Firefox maker Mozilla. For this campaign, Powering Digital Resistance, Mozilla will match donations.

This year's The International, a competitive Dota 2 event, has reached the largest prize pool in the history of eSports. Beating its own record from 2016, The International 2017 is sitting at $20.8 million and it still has another month of crowdfunding to go.

Popular crowdfunding site Patreon has doubled in size during the past year. It now has 1 million active monthly patrons and 50,000 active creators. Between those users, Patreon will pay out $150 million to creators during the course of 2017. It's become a go-to funding source.

ZTE still wants to crowdsource ideas and come up with new devices with the help of the crowd, but it's not moving forward with its Kickstarter for the Hawkeye. It quickly became clear after the launch of the campaign that people wanted superior specs from the device.

The team behind the Apocalypse Now video game has established a secondary crowdfunding channel that intends to raise $5 million. Game director Montgomery Markland says the title requires a AAA budget to do the film justice and it'll be around 2020 when the game is released.

Launching its CSX crowdsourced "Hawkeye" smartphone as a mid-range model was a mistake, says ZTE executive Jeff Yee. In a post about the situation, Yee responded to the phone only raising $35,000 of its $500,000 goal so far on Kickstarter. Now the company is in a tricky spot.

Crowdfunding has left Star Citizen's team with $141 million in support as of the New Year. It's been raising money since 2012. To begin laying out its road map for the new year, Cloud Imperium Games' Chris Roberts published a "Happy New Year" statement.

Smartwatch market isn't very interesting and many companies have decided not to announce a new watch this year. To improve its platform, Google has now acquired smartwatch OS startup behind the CoWatch. As a result of the acquisition, Cronologics team will join Google.

To keep backers in the loop and potentially reduce complaints, Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium Games will begin sharing its internal timeline. While the company's target dates are bound to change over time, showing them to the public lets people know where things stand.

Anyone interested in playing the alpha version of Star Citizen can do so for free until the end of the month. By applying the "FALL2016" code to an existing or new account, you'll gain access to the alpha client through October 30. You'll receive the F7C-M Super Hornet.

Samsung's smart belt, called WELT, was unveiled during CES in January and now it has been fully funded on Kickstarter. The device comes from Welt, a small spinoff of Samsung that is being supported by the company. The project has pulled in over $46,000.

Sony is crowdfunding another e-paper wearable for the Japanese market as a follow-up to its FES watch. The new FES Watch U comes with scratch-resistant sapphire glass and a premium version of the device includes a stronger surface coating. It begins at over $400.

Crowdfunding on Kickstarter has led to the creation of over 300,000 full and part-time jobs since the site began in 2009. Research from the University of Pennsylvania shows Kickstarter helped 8,800 entirely new companies and nonprofits get off the ground.

The OvRcharge is a new third-party wireless charging solution that uses magnets to levitate and rotate your phone while its charging. Like with other wireless chargers, you must use a special case and the charging will be slower. It's a neat (but impractical) solution for many.

Amazon has launched a store dedicated to items that were crowdfunded on Kickstarter. Through a partnership with the crowdfunding site, Amazon's 'Made on Kickstarter' store features a selection of over 300 products. You can browse the items by category.

A drone that's capable of finding and detonating land mines has appeared on Kickstarter with a funding target of $77,464 (€70,000). The Mine Kafon Drone (MKD) was developed with the goal of "clearing all land mines around the world in less than 10 years."

Waverly Labs is going to launch an earpiece this autumn that'll enable people to have entire conversations in two different languages. The Pilot is worn by each member of the conversation and it translates in such a way that you can still communicate pretty much in real-time.

The Lazertouch, a mobile projector that can place an Android tablet-like touchscreen on any flat surface, is a new project that's appeared on Indiegogo. It comes with a 13,600 mAh battery and it can function like a tablet using its included OS and connectivity (WiFi, Bluetooth.)